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The Canopy Pavilion: A lightweight shading structure using a deployable auxetic linkage membrane

Isvoranu, Florin  
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Chen, Tian  
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Bouleau, Etienne
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2020
Advances in Architectural Geometry 2020
Advances in Architectural Geometry 2020 (AAG 2020)

We present the Canopy Pavilion, a lightweight shading structure for a social gathering space. The shading surface is realized as a tensioned auxetic linkage membrane, composed of two double-curved anticlastic layers separated by a compression pole. The membrane is assembled flat on the ground from laser-cut hexagonal aluminium panels, and is subsequently mounted on a circular support frame. Tensioning then deploys the surface to its desired target shape. We apply numerical optimization to form-find the equilibrium shape of the tensioned membrane. The geometry of each individual linkage panel is further adapted to reduce material usage, while maximizing the main function of the structure, to provide shading. Our material system offers a number of distinct advantages. Individual panels can be cut from standard sheet material, all connections between panels are identical, the surfaces can be assembled on the ground and deployed easily to their double-curved shape. The pavilion is a first demonstrator for a novel lightweight construction system at architectural scale that has potential applications in facades, roofs, or support structures.

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conference paper
Author(s)
Isvoranu, Florin  
Chen, Tian  
Bouleau, Etienne
Blanc, Arthur  
Dietz, Dieter  
Pauly, Mark  
Date Issued

2020

Published in
Advances in Architectural Geometry 2020
Start page

376

End page

390

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Advances in Architectural Geometry 2020 (AAG 2020)

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April 26-29, 2021

Available on Infoscience
October 31, 2022
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